REAL SCOOP: Surrey murder victim survived Richmond shooting in December
In December, Bicky Khakh was with his associate when the other man was shot at Lansdowne Mall. Khakh was uninjured, but the other man, Harp Dhaliwal, suffered serious injuries. But Khakh wasn’t as...
View ArticleFive things to know about the Jamie Bacon trial
A trial begins in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday for Jamie Bacon, a former Abbotsford resident, who is charged with counselling an associate to murder another associate between Nov. 30, 2008, and Jan. 2,...
View ArticleSun Run: Stretching really does work!
Sun Run training with a group has so many benefits and you meet wonderful people who support each other through the tougher points in the 13-week program. The training helps you establish an...
View ArticleFailed hitman, former drug trafficking associate to testify at Bacon trial,...
Jamie Bacon ordered the New Year’s Eve hit on a close friend in 2008 because he was concerned his drug trade associate was using oxycontin, “having relationships with young girls” and not focused on...
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REAL SCOOP: Gunman, associate to testify at Bacon trial, Crown says
It was an interesting first day at Jamie Bacon’s jury trial on a charge of counselling an associate to kill Dennis Karbovanec. Karbovanec survived the Dec. 31, 2008 attempt on his life. He will not be...
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Investigation: Few convictions for money laundering in B.C. since 2002
On the afternoon of June 26, 2015, suspected drug traffickers Michael Reg Whieldon and David Bjorn Johnson arrived in Whieldon’s pickup truck at a supposed cosmetics manufacturer in southeast...
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B.C. money launderers more likely to be convicted in the U.S. than at home
Over the past decade, more than a dozen B.C. residents have been charged and convicted in the United States of money laundering. Canadians have faced more justice south of the border for cleaning...
View ArticleB.C. government-commissioned review will assess lack of money-laundering...
B.C. Attorney General David Eby revealed Monday his government’s second review of money laundering, this one studying real estate, is also examining the lack of money-laundering prosecutions. Postmedia...
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REAL SCOOP: Few money launderers charged/convicted in B.C.
I have been working with my colleague Gord Hoekstra on a few stories documenting the lack of prosecutions of money laundering cases in B.C. Here is our Saturday story: Investigation: Few convictions...
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REAL SCOOP: More B.C. money launderers convicted in US than at home
I have covered many of these U.S. prosecutions of B.C. residents over the years. Interestingly, many of them include convictions on money laundering charges – something that isn’t happening in B.C....
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Jamie Bacon trial hears from woman testifying she heard shots outside her...
Mission resident Tami Bullock testified in B.C. Supreme Court Wednesday about hearing several bangs on the street outside her home more than a decade ago. Bullock told jurors at the trial of alleged...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witness recalls night of Karbovanec shooting
I was back at the Jamie Bacon trial today for the testimony of a woman who lived near the scene of the shooting back in 2008. Next week is when one of the former associates is expected to begin...
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B.C. gun report recommendations not implemented despite ongoing violence
More than a year after a report by a B.C. government task force on illegal firearms, several key recommendations have not yet been implemented. Postmedia has learned that forensic testing of some guns...
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REAL SCOOP: Lab cuts mean some crime guns go untested
I decided to follow up on the government’s Nov. 2017 report on illegal firearms in B.C. to see what has happened in terms of the implementation of recommendations. Over the last few days of research, I...
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Mission residents recall finding shell casing after Bacon associate shot
A Mission mom testified in B.C. Supreme Court Tuesday about being out on a walk with her toddler a decade ago when the little girl picked up a shiny object she saw on the road. “My first concern was my...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Witnesses found bullets after Karbovanec shooting
More people who lived on the street where drug trafficker Dennis Karbovanec was shot on New Year’s in 2008 testified at the trial of Jamie Bacon Thursday. One of Bacon’s former associates, who got a...
View ArticleRCMP labs make more cuts to firearms testing, impacting some criminal cases
The RCMP is further cutting the number of guns used in crimes that will be sent to national forensic labs for analysis, Postmedia has learned. And that means that in some cases, criminals caught with...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Cuts to gun testing att lab
I wrote about this issue last week, then learned that the RCMP has issued a new directive further cutting the number of illegal guns being sent for testing. This is really disturbing given that guns...
View ArticleFormer associate of Jamie Bacon describes murder plot
When Jamie Bacon drew his finger across his throat after giving a hand signal for his pal Dennis Karbovanec, his former drug trafficking associate says he knew what Bacon wanted done. The associate,...
View ArticleFarnworth says B.C. may open its own gun lab to ensure firearms prosecutions
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says he is “very, very concerned” about funding cuts at RCMP forensic labs that are preventing some illegal firearms seized by police from being analyzed....
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